Talk:Constitution of Italy

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Constitution of Italy was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Reviewed version: January 31, 2008

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[edit] Failed "good article" nomination

This article failed good article nomination. This is how the article, as of January 31, 2008, compares against the six good article criteria:

1. Well written?: Fail
2. Factually accurate?: Pass
3. Broad in coverage?: Fail
4. Neutral point of view?: Pass
5. Article stability? Pass
6. Images?: Pass

This is a good start. I suggest:

  • Create a new section that systematically outlines the content of the constitution
  • If there is a wikipedia article on predecesors of the current Italian Constitution (however radically different in nature they may be - fascist for example), add a sentence or two near the start that identifies and provides links to these. Alternatively, provide a list, as in Constitution of France
  • The written English must be improved.
  • Can a section be written on the legal interpretation of the constitution?
  • Is there any discussion in the academic literature on the effects of the constitution, or on patterns in the amendment of it since 1948? (This last item would be good, but perhaps not necessary for GA)

Have a look at Constitution of Australia and Constitution of New Zealand (which are still only rated B class) for some guidance.

When these issues are addressed, the article can be renominated. If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it have it reassessed. Thank you for your work so far.hamiltonstone (talk) 03:34, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] House of savoy

I read from the House of Savoy article, that male descendants of the House were forbidden from entering Italy until 2002, when the forbiddance was removed. I wish to know more about this. --euyyn 09:29, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Anonymous user from 87.0.34.188 gently added the info to my talk page. I think we should add it to the article. To the anonymous user I say thank you, and welcome to Wikipedia! And feel absolutely free to add content =)
<<Till 2002 the text said: "... former kings of Savoy, their wives and male descendant are forbidden to enter the italian territory..."
In 2002 the constitutional revision number 1, 23th october, erased the provision.>>
The provision (as I understood) was written to prevent fascism. Maybe the Savoy were linked with it? I'll have to read more on Fascism, History of Italy, Mussolini, etc. --euyyn 22:10, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
I think is not really correct to say that this provision was written 'to prevent the future come back of fascism'. it's more like the italian constitutional assembly wrote this provision as a kind of punishment for the royal house of savoy. The king didn't sign the act for the state of siege when Mussolini come to Rome, and abdicated before the 2 jun 1946 (he has said he would stay in charge till the referendum for choosing between monarchy and republic); and above all, the referendum of 2 jun 1946 said that italians wanted to switch from monarchy to republic. This is what i remember, i am really sorry for my poor english, i only know books in italian, if you can read italian i will post some titles here about these facts. (im the same user above, ive not a account here) --82.56.176.238 13:35, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
While sources in english are suggested by the guideline, any source at all helps a lot, so italian titles would be fine by me. - brenneman {L} 14:12, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Truly, I don't think the expulsion of the Kings was connected to the Fascist problem, which is seen on the previous Final Disposition. It is probably because the last article of the Consitution says that the Republican Form cannot be changed. The Disposition XIII was written in the fear of a monarchic restoration: the referendum of the 2 june has been won by the Republic just for a small amount of votes. --151.47.171.221 16:28, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Introduction to Italian Constitution

I took back the information i previusly written; someone deleted them, but i really think that they are useful and correct. I've added two books in bibliography. --82.56.176.238 17:05, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Organization

We should look to the organization of Constitution of the United States and other constitutions' articles to organize this a similar way: I think that would help expanding the article. --euyyn 23:29, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Some data

From Italian partisans:

The 1948 democratic Constitution of the Italian Republic declares itself to be "based on the Resistance". --euyyn 00:12, 9 March 2007 (UTC)